That is my second Star Wars game. Gave it a chance after the Campaign in Battlefront II, which I adored. And this one, oh my, it's stunning how you can feel being a Jedi, and how intriguing are all side relationships and WHAT A GREAT VILLAIN MISS TRILLA, I fought her with 3 stims only, and I did it somehow, after at least 3333 attempts. Peak Star Wars here...

PERFECTION!
This game is a masterpiece.
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Btw Cal can fly LUL :D
This is quite useful to know as you can get to places very easily with this trick, but you must first unlock the double jump. To fly, press SPACE then 1 over and over again. Do not fly to places far away as it may not render and cause you to fall through the map, losing progress.
Just press space+1 over and over and keep doing it .:P Jedi: Fallen Order: Full Achievement + Completionist Guide <3
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order 10/10
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[h2] WARNING [H2] First thing you should note is this game has data retrieval, your [b][u]data retrieval turned on[b][u] in options by default. The fact this game and it's predecessor, or any game for that matter has an option asking for permission to see your data, or even has that ability gives me a negative reaction. I don't care what they say, yes I read why they think they need it but there are thousands of games that have never asked or "needed" your data. Its just an excuse for EA to get your money. [b][u]Turn this off[b][u]. This is an [b][u]Automatic "Not Recommended"[b][u] Next. The actual review: SW:JDO is a ARPG with a mix of Metroidvania and Souls like mechanics. You are Cal Kestis, a former padawan hiding from the empire in a post order 66 era. I will TRY not to add spoilers but if I must they will be at the bottom. I will say that at the beginning or rather the first 5 minutes of gameplay was fun. Then it lost me. I had to force myself to finish. [b]Third party platform[b]: you will need an EA Play Account. There is also a DRM in this game. I'm against cheating sure, but I'm also against DRMs. My main issue is having to download EA Play. If I wanted EA Play I would have gotten this game on EA Play. No I got it on steam so now I need to download and set up an EA Play account just to play it. If a friend didn't gift this game to me, I would not have played it. This is an [b][u]Automatic "Not Recommended"[b][u] [b]Bugs[b]: Yes there are bugs. the Jedi "fly" bug that was fixed in the console is in the PC version. You will at times experience performance issues, frame-rate drops, stuttering, and weird glitches. ESPECIALLY WITH THE JEDI "FLY" BUG" I have at times fell through collisions in Dathomir or some level areas didn't load later in game. I understand games will always have bugs, but EA Games is basically Bethesda at this rate with buggy games. [b]Controls[b] The game can be played with a keyboard and mouse, but it tells you it is designed with a controller in mind. Every once in a while the controller inputs do not respond. I have disabilities where KB + M is not an option for me so I cant for sure say if that option works well. [b]Aesthetics[b] It looks nice. EA did a lot of work making sure you see a bright shiny object. Good visuals interesting character designs, and character cameo vomit. No I'm serious here. there is a lot of Disney space movie cameos in this game. Planets look amazing, The ship is pretty cool, but that's what it h as going for it. Until you see it for the hundredth time... [b]Game Loop[b] The Map BD-1 shows you has metroidvania feels to it and the game loop likes to remind you of this. Go here, see cut-scene fight boss, do puzzle, go there see cut-scene fight boss do puzzle- same puzzle again but now in blue, go back here see cut-scene fight boss do puzzle again... You will spend around 30 minutes on average going across the map and not knowing why, just the marker tells you. You can argue that's what Metrroidvania is. Sure, I can agree but this game doesn't make it fun. Nor give reason just hey you know Darth Maul's planet right? You know these characters! Remember them? They are in game this is fun right? Right? OK now go to Kashyyk! Which Brings me to... [b]Exploration[b] I love to explore, love being rewarded finding the chests and force echoes etc. but over time it went from huh neat level environmental design to now they aren't trying anymore. Most Metroidvania style progression should feel rewarding, but this game? Makes you feel like its a chore. Excessive backtracking, confusing layouts, excessive backtracking just to move the game along. I MEAN EXCESSIVE! Atleast make Bogano fun to be there if I gotta keep going back. [b]Combat[b] Don't know why people say this is a souls-like game. Its not. Don't get me wrong some bosses are challenging, But its mostly an ARPG (and barely even that) with Souls like mechanics. you do get to learn cool moves but honestly? you can just spam the buttons and go through most of the combat. Other times its oh lets do God of War QTEs! ALOT OF THEM! I hate QTEs. This game? Makes me hate them more. overdone. under performs. Over time the enemy encounters just feel like lightsaber/force fodder than engaging battles. Difficulty spikes/leveling curve unbalanced terribly. I literally stopped playing when Black Myth Wukong came out as an excuse to stop playing it. And after I returned? Jedi Fallen Order Combat? Its cheap. I will say I liked the force push. But then again I always liked force pushing enemies off cliffs. Forced Unleashed however did this better. Combat really takes no skill its a mind numbing experience. If the monotonous walking across the map to a area you were at previously with cheap background music that tries to be star wars music doesn't put you to sleep, the combat will with how "foddery" it gets. Oh you will die in some cases from that fodder sure. But its not a skill issue that makes you die. Again Force Unleashed does this better. Speaking of skill. [b]Skill Tree[b]: Why do we have this? No seriously. If you are going to make me progress levels and this is an RPG give me a decent skill tree. Especially in this day and age. I'm not talking like PoE or other extensive skills. But KOTOR had more expansive skills. This is just oh you gained some level? now you can unlock this trick. Really? I'm not asking for force lighting here. But give me something! If not for my obsession for trying to 100% everything in game, this skill tree would be empty. Speaking of devoid of content... [b]Story[b]: [spoiler] OK this had potential. I mean it. It starts off nice, has a little Clone War feel, could even look past the Inquisitors. Almost. I liked the idea of the Jedi block. All his powers damaged but in a PTSD kind of way. I mean I really liked it. Cal is a serviceable Protagonist but hes bland and underdeveloped and acts more like a Sith than a Jedi. I nearly lost it when my friend told me its Canon. So many contradictions. But with Disney admitting in the past they trying to remove past lore to wipe slate clean, I wouldn't be surprised if they made Starkiller Canon. However I did lose it when Cal did the fanon Trakata move. Dumb. Stupid and not even tactically sound. Just Some talent-less writer wanting to make Cal look awesome and failed. And what is with Calling the AT-AT an "atat"? Seriously? Its not an atat its All Terrain - Armored Transport or A.T.-A.T. (AT-AT) Do we call the AT-ST atst? No? OK then. The cast doesn't fare better in support though I do like BD-1, Merrin has her moments. Can Barely remember half the characters. That's how shallow the character arc is and how incomplete the hero journey is. I will say the Darth Vader Moments was done with respect and Awesome. Almost felt something there. Almost. So for Jedi I guess that game has success-No attachment [/spoiler] [b] Rating [b]: 5/10 Why you should get this game? 1. Better, less buggy, more polished than SW Outlaws 2. If its on sale for like 80% off. (Free or gifted is better, though Id question your friendship if your friend gifted you this, you'll suffer in a cruel and unusual way not a fun and entertaining way) 3. [Spoiler] You get to ride an AT-AT (It's AT-AT not atst f*** you Cal f*** you Respawn writers and producers for not correcting this). Always wanted to pilot an AT-AT and they did that part vbery well. wish I could have done it more.[/spoiler] Why you should not: - As I stated Data collection - EA Play Account required. - Not worth full price. 6 bucks is pushing it.